Rail anchor



May- 20, 1930. M. BRUNO 1,759,499

RAIL ANCHOR 7 Fild A rii 28, 1927 21 24 mush 15' ml I Inwfen'fif I Patented May 20, 1930 UNITED STATES MICHELE BRUNO, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS RAIL ANCHOR Application filed April 28,

The invention relates broadly to devices for anchoring rails to ties and particularly to an anchor adapted to be used opposite to where two rails abut one another.

An object of the invention is to provide a novel anchor made of one piece of material and having an undercut portion provided for the reception of a key adapted to urge the rail against an opposite abutment.

Another object of the invention is to provide a rail anchor with an undercut portion arranged to so project as to prevent undue bouncing of the rail should an extreme portion of the flange below said under-cut portion become broken away, as commonly occurs.

Another object of the invention is to provide an anchor having inclined edged abutments so arranged that the railroad spikes used in connecting it with a tie have their heads projecting outwardly so as to be accessible for easy removal.

Another object of the invention is to provide a set screw or other threaded means arranged to cooperate with the key in the undercut portion to hold the rail secured to the anchor to prevent longitudinal displacement thereof and to prevent said key from being jarred out.

The foregoing and such other objects of the invention as will appear hereinafter as the description proceeds will be more readily understood from a perusal of the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a transverse vertical sectional view embodying the features of the invention taken through the rail and anchor.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device shown in Fig. 1 partly in section.

Fig. 3 is an assembled view of the ties and rails showing the invention in place on a railroad track.

The anchor 11 as shown in Fig. 3 is usually applied at a point opposite to where the rails abut one another, as for example as indicated at 12, said anchors usually being spaced on opposite rails about every four ties. Intermediate these the same anchor may be used 1927. Serial No. 187,302.

tion 16 formed therein provided to receive a' key 18 arranged to urge or force the rail base flange 19 against a vertical wall ofthe other abutment 15 when forced in place, which rail proper comprises a base formed of flanges 19, a web 21, and a head 22.

In order to utilize the device it is inserted over the flanges 19 of the rail, so that one of saidflanges extends under the cutout portion 16. Then by putting a wedge 18 in] place it forces the flange into engagement with the opposite abutment.

The end of the anchor abutment is inclined as at 25 downwardly and outwardly and has spike openings 26 therein. The inclining portion 25 is formed so that upon driving the spike into the tie the head of the spike will project to make it readily removable by inserting a crow-bar or the like thereunder to pry it loose.

On the abutment 15 the spike openings 26 are flush with the edge 27 so that upon drive mg the spikes into said openings they will firmly engage the rail, and if desired by slightly slanting the spikes an additional wedging action may be effected.

This anchor is particularly advantageous for the reason that sometimes the extreme longitudinal edges of the rail flanges become broken at which times they would ordinarily bound up and down a considerable distance as the train passes over them, but due to the overlapping of the under-cut portion 16 and the wedging of the key, should the rail become broken it still would not bound to any appreciable extent.

Although an exemplary form of the invention has been described in detail in the foregoing specification it is to be understood that the invention resides in the general combination and arrangement of arts and may embody certain c anges in etail structure without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claim. I claim:

In an article of the class described adapted to secure a rail to a tie, having in combination, a plate having a bearing surface, an

abutment extending upwardly from one end 7 i v i V i of said plate forming a shoulder, said shoulder having slots adapted to receive spikes 4 a so terminating in apertures extending through said plate arrangedso that spikes passing therethrough engage the rail above said bearing surface, another upwardly extending abutment oppositely disposed from said first named abutment forming a shoulder, an undercut portion in said last named'abutment extending the entire length thereof, the ver- 20;,i3i03l wall of said undercut portion being inclined longitudinally andthe under side of the overhanging portion of said undercut being inclined downwardly and inwardly adapted to retain a key, the key being sub- 7 stantially trapezoidal in cross section and being tapered longitudinally to engage-the longitudinally inclinedvertical wall of theundercut portion when said key is. forced into position whereby the key is urged against 30. ithe rail to retain the latter in place onsaid I bearing surface, and a set screw in said over-.

hanging portion engaging the key to retain it against longitudinal movement. r v r In testimony whereof I aflix my signature V ssfiat South La Salle Street, Chicago, Ill.

MICHELE BRUNO. 

